SloppyCalculator/SinFoS huggingface dataset:
Sinhala figure of speech: අලංකාර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Decorative / Beautiful
English equivalent: Slap-up
Meaning: especially large and good
Sinhala figure of speech: ජයපහට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: To victory-health (colloquial)
English equivalent: Slap-up
Meaning: especially large and good
Sinhala figure of speech: හෙල්ලෙන්නේ නැතිව නිදියනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Sleeping without moving
English equivalent: Sleep like a top
Meaning: Sleep very soundly
Sinhala figure of speech: ගලක් වගේ නිදියෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Sleeping like a stone
English equivalent: Sleep like a top
Meaning: Sleep very soundly
Sinhala figure of speech: ගෙරි මස් කතත් කරේ එල්ලාගෙන කන්ට ඕනෑද?
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රශ්න]
Literal translation: Even if eating beef, must one eat it hanging it on the neck?
English equivalent: *Carry a thing on one's sleeve
Sinhala figure of speech: කැසපට ගහගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Tucking the loincloth
English equivalent: Roll up one's sleeves
Meaning: to prepare to work hard
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇස් බැන්දුම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Eye binding
English equivalent: Sleight of hand
Meaning: speed and skill with the hands when performing tricks that seem to be magic
Sinhala figure of speech: විජ්ජාව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Magic / Science
English equivalent: Sleight of hand
Meaning: speed and skill with the hands when performing tricks that seem to be magic
Sinhala figure of speech: ලිස්සායන්ට හරිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Letting to slide
English equivalent: Let things slide
Meaning: to not do anything about something or someone when you should try to change or correct that thing or person
Sinhala figure of speech: අත් වැරැද්දක් කෙරෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A hand mistake happening
English equivalent: Slip up
Meaning: to make a mistake
Sinhala figure of speech: ලීපි දෝෂය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Writing error
English equivalent: Slip of the pen
Meaning: an unintentional mistake made while writing, such as using the wrong word, a misspelled word, or an incorrect number
Sinhala figure of speech: බැරිවෙලා ලියැවීම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Written by inability/mistake
English equivalent: Slip of the pen
Meaning: an unintentional mistake made while writing, such as using the wrong word, a misspelled word, or an incorrect number
Sinhala figure of speech: බැරිවීමක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: An inability / A mistake
English equivalent: Slip of the pen
Meaning: an unintentional mistake made while writing, such as using the wrong word, a misspelled word, or an incorrect number
Sinhala figure of speech: බැරිවෙලා කියැවීම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Read by inability/mistake
English equivalent: Slip of the tongue
Meaning: an error in speaking
Sinhala figure of speech: කට වැරදීමක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A mouth mistake
English equivalent: Slip of the tongue
Meaning: an error in speaking
Sinhala figure of speech:  ආවට ගියාට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: For coming and going
English equivalent: Slip-shod
Meaning: showing little care, effort, or attention
Sinhala figure of speech: ගාටන්නෙක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A crawler/plodder
English equivalent: A slow coach
Meaning: someone who is slow, lethargic, or takes too long to understand or complete tasks
Sinhala figure of speech: හෙමින් හෙමින්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Slowly slowly
English equivalent: On the sly
Meaning: in a secretive fashion
Sinhala figure of speech: ගෙදර දොරේ පළහිලව්ව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Household entanglement
English equivalent: Small beer
Meaning: something that does not seem important when compared to something else
Sinhala figure of speech: හාල් මැස්සෝ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Sprats
English equivalent: Small fry
Meaning: somebody or something that is not considered to be important
Sinhala figure of speech: කුක්කෝ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Puppies
English equivalent: Small fry
Meaning: somebody or something that is not considered to be important
Sinhala figure of speech: අනම් මනම්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: This and that (Anam Manam)
English equivalent: Small talk
Meaning: conversation about things that are not important
Sinhala figure of speech: ආ ගිය කථා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Come and gone stories
English equivalent: Small talk
Meaning: conversation about things that are not important
Sinhala figure of speech: දුම් ගසා එලවනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Driving out by smoking
English equivalent: Smoke out
Meaning: to force someone to leave a hiding place
Sinhala figure of speech: පුස්ස බින්දා වාගේ වෙනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Like breaking a hollow nut
English equivalent: End in smoke
Meaning: to fail completely, to come to nothing, or to have no successful or positive result, despite efforts or plans
Sinhala figure of speech: ධූම ආවරණය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Smoke cover
English equivalent: Smoke-screen
Meaning: something that hides the truth about someone's intentions
Sinhala figure of speech: උඩින් හකුරු යටින් කතුරු
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Jaggery on top, scissors underneath
English equivalent: Snake in the grass
Meaning: an unpleasant person who cannot be trusted
Sinhala figure of speech: කඩා පනිනවා 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Breaking and jumping
English equivalent: Snap at
Meaning: to speak suddenly, sharply, and angrily, usually because you are annoyed, stressed, or impatient
Sinhala figure of speech: තුට්ටුවකට ගණන් නොගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not counting for a cent (Thuttu)
English equivalent: Snap one's fingers at
Meaning: to exhibit disdain or contempt
Sinhala figure of speech: ගෝරනාඩු කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making "Goranadu" noise
English equivalent:  Snap a man's nose off
Meaning: to speak to someone angrily
Sinhala figure of speech: එසේ මෙසේ දෙයක් නොවේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][නිශේධ]
Literal translation: Not a so-so thing
English equivalent: A thing not to he sneezed at
Meaning: not to be rejected without careful consideration
Sinhala figure of speech: කිය යුතු අමුත්තක් නැහැ
Type: [උපදේශ][ප්‍රපංච][නිශේධ]
Literal translation: No strangeness worth saying
English equivalent: So, so
Meaning: neither very good nor very bad
Sinhala figure of speech: ඔහේ ඉන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Staying there
English equivalent: So, so
Meaning: neither very good nor very bad
Sinhala figure of speech: නොමැරි ඉන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Staying without dying
English equivalent: So, so
Meaning: neither very good nor very bad
Sinhala figure of speech: කථාවට කියන හැටියට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: As said in the story/speech
English equivalent: So to speak
Meaning: used to explain that what you are saying is not to be understood exactly as stated
Sinhala figure of speech: සිහි කල්පනා ඇති
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Having mind-thought
English equivalent: Sober-minded
Meaning: characterized by seriousness and lack of excess
Sinhala figure of speech: පූච්චම් කථා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Boastful stories
English equivalent: Soft sawder
Meaning: flattery
Sinhala figure of speech: කුණු මාළු ගණනට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: To the count of rotten fish
English equivalent: For a song
Meaning: very cheaply
Sinhala figure of speech: යකාට දොළ දෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Giving offering to the devil
English equivalent: Sop to Cerberus
Meaning: a concession or bribe to conciliate a person otherwise liable to be troublesome
Sinhala figure of speech: කවදාහරි
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Someday
English equivalent: Sooner or later
Meaning: at some time in the future
Sinhala figure of speech: එක විධියක 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Of one style
English equivalent: Of a sort
Meaning: something is of an inferior, mediocre, or somewhat questionable kind, or that it is of an indefinite or not fully recognized kind
Sinhala figure of speech: එක තාලේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Of one rhythm
English equivalent: Of a sort
Meaning: Of the similar kind
Sinhala figure of speech: එක්තරු විධියක
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Of a certain style
English equivalent: In a sort of way
Meaning: to a limited extent, in some specific respects, or not completely
Sinhala figure of speech: හරි හොඳ මිනිහෙන්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: From a real good man
English equivalent: A good sort
Meaning: a kind, likable, or dependable person
Sinhala figure of speech: අර නරියගේ කථාව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: That fox's story
English equivalent: Sour grapes
Meaning: bad behavior that happens because someone else is more successful
Sinhala figure of speech: නටන්ට බැරුවා නාවෙයි, පොළොව ඇදයි
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Can't dance (no), the floor is crooked
English equivalent: *Sour grapes
Meaning: People who lack ability often put the blame on outside circumstances, instead of admitting their own shortcomings
Sinhala figure of speech: කතොත් මොනර මාළු, නොකතොත් කපුටු මාළු
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: If eaten peacock meat, if not eaten crow meat
English equivalent: *Sour grapes
Meaning: People who lack ability often put the blame on outside circumstances, instead of admitting their own shortcomings
Sinhala figure of speech: මුල පුරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Filling the root/start
English equivalent: Sow the seeds of
Meaning: to do something that will cause something to happen in the future
Sinhala figure of speech: පදනම් වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming based
English equivalent: Sow the seeds of
Meaning: to do something that will cause something to happen in the future
Sinhala figure of speech: සුළස වපුරා කුණාටුව නෙළා ගන්නවා 
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Sowing wind and reaping storm
English equivalent: Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
Meaning: to engage in, and suffer the consequences of, evil or folly
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇත්ත ඇති සැටි කියා පානවා.
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Showing truth as it exists
English equivalent: Call a spade a spade
Meaning: to say the truth about something, even if it is not polite or pleasant
Sinhala figure of speech: අමාරු හරිය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The difficult part
English equivalent: Spade-work
Meaning: hard, sometimes boring work done in preparation for something
Sinhala figure of speech: අකුල් හෙළනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Dropping obstacles (bushes)
English equivalent: Throw a spanner in the works
Meaning: to do something that prevents a plan or activity from succeeding
Sinhala figure of speech: පරිකථාවක් කියවෙනවා.
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A commentary is being said
English equivalent: Speak volumes
Meaning: to provide a lot of information about
Sinhala figure of speech: එළිපිට ඇත්ත කථා කිරීම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Speaking truth in the open
English equivalent: Plain speaking
Meaning: the act of saying clearly and honestly what you think without trying to be polite
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇත්ත ඇතිසේ කථා කිරීම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Speaking truth as it is
English equivalent: Plain speaking
Meaning: the act of saying clearly and honestly what you think without trying to be polite
Sinhala figure of speech: හරි නම්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: If correct
English equivalent: Strictly speaking
Meaning: being completely accurate
Sinhala figure of speech: මහ දෙයක් නොවේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not a big thing
English equivalent: Nothing to speak of
Meaning: not enough of something to make it worth talking about
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇයි හොඳයි කියන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Saying "Ayubowan/Good"
English equivalent: On speaking terms
Meaning: friendly enough to talk
Sinhala figure of speech: ගිය හකුරට නාඩන්නේ, තිබෙන හකුර රැකගන්නේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Don't cry for the lost jaggery, protect the existing jaggery
English equivalent: Cry over spilt milk
Meaning: to feel sorry or sad about something that has already happened; used to emphasize that this is not helpful
Sinhala figure of speech: දිග් ගස්සනවා 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making long/extending
English equivalent: Spin out
Meaning: to make something such as an activity or story last longer than usual or necessary, or as long as possible
Sinhala figure of speech: කනස්සලු
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Worried
English equivalent: Out of spirits
Meaning: feeling sad, discouraged, unhappy, or lacking enthusiasm and energy
Sinhala figure of speech: නලංගු
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Fidgeting/Restless
English equivalent: Out of spirits
Meaning: feeling sad, discouraged, unhappy, or lacking enthusiasm and energy
Sinhala figure of speech: මහ අලංකාරෙට වැඩක් කරනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Doing a work in great decoration
English equivalent: Make a splash
Meaning: attract a great deal of attention
Sinhala figure of speech: සුමිහිරි පානය ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Taking very sweet drink
English equivalent: Splice the main brace
Meaning: to issue and partake of an extra allocation of alcoholic spirits
Sinhala figure of speech: ජය පැන් බොනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Drinking victory water
English equivalent: Splice the main brace
Meaning: to issue and partake of an extra allocation of alcoholic spirits
Sinhala figure of speech: හෙනහුරා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Saturn
English equivalent: Spoil-sport
Meaning: a person who stops other people from enjoying themselves
Sinhala figure of speech: පුප්පා කනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Puffing and eating
English equivalent: Sponge on
Meaning: Impose on another's hospitality or generosity
Sinhala figure of speech: සිරිකත අත අල්ලාගන උපදිනවා 
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Born holding Goddess Sirikatha's hand
English equivalent: Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
Meaning: be born into a wealthy family of high social standing
Sinhala figure of speech: අනා කවනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Mixing and feeding
English equivalent: Spoon-feed
Meaning: to give someone so much help or information that that person does not need to try himself or herself
Sinhala figure of speech: අතපිට කාසි
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hand-upon coins
English equivalent: Spot cash
Meaning: money that is paid for something immediately, when it is delivered
Sinhala figure of speech: තල්මසකු ඇල්ලීමට හාල් මැස්සකු ඇම කරගන්නවා 
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Using a sprat as bait to catch a whale
English equivalent: A sprat to catch a mackerel
Meaning: to make a small sacrifice or investment in the hope of a larger return or reward
Sinhala figure of speech: පොඩි ඇමක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A small bait
English equivalent: A sprat to catch a mackerel
Meaning: to make a small sacrifice or investment in the hope of a larger return or reward
Sinhala figure of speech: හිටිවනම්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: If staying
English equivalent: On the spur of the moment
Meaning: on impulse
Sinhala figure of speech: නම් දරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Bearing the name
English equivalent: Win one's spurs
Meaning: Gain a position or attain distinction through hard work or some special accomplishment
Sinhala figure of speech: නම් යනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Name going
English equivalent: Win one's spurs
Meaning: Gain a position or attain distinction through hard work or some special accomplishment
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇඟට එනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Coming to the body
English equivalent: Square uр
Meaning: to turn so that you are facing someone directly, in order to prepare to fight them
Sinhala figure of speech: ඕක්කොම හරි 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: All correct
English equivalent: All square
Meaning: to be level or equal
Sinhala figure of speech: නම්බුකාර ලෙස
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In an honorable way
English equivalent: On the square
Meaning: to be honest, fair, and straightforward in one's dealings or actions
Sinhala figure of speech: එකට එක කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing one to one
English equivalent: Get square with
Meaning: to settle a debt or an argument with them, often by getting even or taking revenge
Sinhala figure of speech:  එකට එක හරියි කියනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Saying one to one is correct
English equivalent: Call it square
Meaning: To acknowledge that a debt has been paid
Sinhala figure of speech: බඩපුරා වේලක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Stomach-full meal
English equivalent: Square meal
Meaning: a large, satisfying, and nutritious meal that is both filling and wholesome
Sinhala figure of speech: ජිවිත පෝෂණය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Life nourishment
English equivalent: Staff of life
Meaning: bread, considered as one of the most important foods we eat
Sinhala figure of speech: ඈත්වී සිටිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Staying distanced
English equivalent: Stand aloof
Meaning: To remain emotionally or physically distant from someone or something
Sinhala figure of speech: පැත්තකට වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming to a side
English equivalent: Stand aside
Meaning: to leave a job or position so that someone else can have it instead
Sinhala figure of speech: කාගෙවත් අවසරය බලා ඉන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Waiting for anyone's permission
English equivalent: Stand on ceremony
Meaning: to behave in a formal way
Sinhala figure of speech:  යුක්තිසහගත වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming justice-associated
English equivalent: Stand to reason
Meaning: it is obvious or logical
Sinhala figure of speech: මුල සිට අග දක්වා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: From root to end
English equivalent: From stem to stern
Meaning: from one end of something to the other
Sinhala figure of speech: ගොඩ වැදෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Entering land
English equivalent: Step in
Meaning: to become involved in a difficult situation or argument in order to help find a solution
Sinhala figure of speech: අඩියෙන් අඩිය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Step by step
English equivalent: Step by step
Meaning: dealing with one thing and then another thing in a fixed order
Sinhala figure of speech:  එක පෙළට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In one line
English equivalent: In step
Meaning: to be in harmony or agreement with others, either in actions or idea
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉණිමඟ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Ladder
English equivalent: Stepping stone
Meaning: an event or experience that helps you achieve something else
Sinhala figure of speech: අදි මදි කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Pulling and hesitating
English equivalent: Stick at
Meaning: to persist or continue with something, especially if it's difficult
Sinhala figure of speech: රඳා සිටිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Staying resting on
English equivalent: Stick at
Meaning: to persist or continue with something, especially if it's difficult
Sinhala figure of speech: ගිලගන්ට බැරි වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Unable to swallow
English equivalent: Stick in one's throat
Meaning: to be unable to say the words you want to say, usually because of a strong emotion
Sinhala figure of speech: කඩ නොකරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not breaking
English equivalent: Stick to
Meaning: continue or confine oneself to doing or using a particular thing
Sinhala figure of speech: ලොක්කෙක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A big one
English equivalent: A big stick
Meaning: to have a lot of power, and therefore be able to get what you want
Sinhala figure of speech: බක්කෙක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A big one (Slang)
English equivalent: A big stick
Meaning: to have a lot of power, and therefore be able to get what you want
Sinhala figure of speech: පොල් පරාලක් ගිලලා වගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like swallowed a coconut rafter
English equivalent: Stiff as a poker
Meaning: Very straight, rigid, or inflexible
Sinhala figure of speech: පිරුණු කළේ දිය නොසැලේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Water doesn't shake in a full pot
English equivalent: Still waters run deеp
Meaning: a person who says little, but who might in fact know a lot
Sinhala figure of speech: නිසල ජලය ගැඹුරට බසී
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Still water goes deep
English equivalent: Still waters run deеp
Meaning: a person who says little, but who might in fact know a lot
Sinhala figure of speech: අඩුවැඩිය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Tools and items
English equivalent: Stock-in-trade
Meaning: a person's typical way of behaving, or a skill that is usual for someone
Sinhala figure of speech: හද්දා බීරි
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Extremely deaf
English equivalent: Stone-deaf
Meaning: completely unable to hear anything
Sinhala figure of speech: හූවක් ඇහෙන දුර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Distance a "Hoo" shout is heard
English equivalent: A stone's throw
Meaning: a short distance
Sinhala figure of speech: හෙල්ලෙන්නේ නැතුව හිටිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Staying without moving
English equivalent: Stop dead
Meaning: to suddenly stop moving or doing something
Sinhala figure of speech: කොරහේ කිඹුලන් දැකීම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Seeing crocodiles in the basin
English equivalent: Storm in a tea-cup
Meaning: a lot of unnecessary anger and worry about a matter that is not important
Sinhala figure of speech: අලි යන කපොලු තිබිය දී කුඹි යන ගිල් වහන්නා වාගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like closing ant holes while leaving gaps for elephants
English equivalent: Strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
Meaning: to worry or think too much about something that is not important, often forgetting about something that is much more important
Sinhala figure of speech: දඩ හැට්ටය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hunting/Tight jacket
English equivalent: Strait-jacket
Meaning: something that severely limits development or activity in a way that is damaging
Sinhala figure of speech: දඩුකඳ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Log / Stocks
English equivalent: Strait-jacket
Meaning: something that severely limits development or activity in a way that is damaging
Sinhala figure of speech: දරදඬු
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Wood-stiff
English equivalent: Strait-laced
Meaning: something that severely limits development or activity in a way that is damaging
Sinhala figure of speech: අසීරුවට හිඟුරු වැලෙත් එල්ලෙනවාලු
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][වාර්තා]
Literal translation: It is said one hangs even on a bramble vine in difficulty
English equivalent: Clutch at a straw
Meaning: to be willing to try anything to improve a difficult or unsatisfactory situation, even if it has little chance of success
Sinhala figure of speech: අබ ඇටයක කාරියක් නො වෙනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Not doing a mustard seed's work
English equivalent: Not care a straw
Meaning: to not care at all about something, to consider it completely unimportant or worthless
Sinhala figure of speech: නිදි කිරා වැටෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Falling weighing sleep
English equivalent: Eyes draw straws
Meaning: Falling asleep
Sinhala figure of speech: යන්නන් වාලේ යනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Going because goers go
English equivalent: Drift with the stream
Meaning: go along with what is happening
Sinhala figure of speech: අමුත්තක් සේ නො සලකනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Not treating as a strange thing
English equivalent: Take in one's stride
Meaning: to deal with a problem or difficulty calmly and not to allow it to influence what you are doing
Sinhala figure of speech: අන්දුන් කුන්දුන් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making confused
English equivalent: Strike all of a heap
Meaning: to be suddenly overwhelmed with astonishment, confusion, or collapse
Sinhala figure of speech: කෙලින් හිටින්ට බැරුව යනවා 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming unable to stand straight
English equivalent: Strike all of a heap
Meaning: to be suddenly overwhelmed with astonishment, confusion, or collapse
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉලක්කෙට අනිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Stabbing to the target
English equivalent: Strike home
Meaning: to hit the intended place or have the intended effect
Sinhala figure of speech: හිතට වදිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Striking the heart
English equivalent: Strike home
Meaning: to hit the intended place or have the intended effect
Sinhala figure of speech:  මැදට පනිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Jumping to the middle
English equivalent: Strike in
Meaning: to suddenly enter a conversation, join in with a group, or even to intervene unexpectedly
Sinhala figure of speech: කටුගා දමනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Scratching out
English equivalent: Strike off
Meaning: to remove or erase
Sinhala figure of speech: මකා දමනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Erasing
English equivalent: Strike off
Meaning: to remove or erase
Sinhala figure of speech: දෙසා බානවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Preaching/Unloading
English equivalent: Strike out
Meaning: to aim a sudden violent hit at somebody/something
Sinhala figure of speech: උණු උණුවේම තලනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Beating while hot
English equivalent: Strike while the iron's hot
Meaning: make use of an opportunity immediately
Sinhala figure of speech: කල දුටු කල වළ ඉහ ගන්නවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Bailing the pit when time seen
English equivalent: Strike while the iron's hot
Meaning: make use of an opportunity immediately
Sinhala figure of speech: කිසිම වැඩක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Any work
English equivalent: A stroke of work
Meaning: any work at all
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇල්පෙනෙත්තියක වැඩක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A pin's work
English equivalent: A stroke of work
Meaning: any work at all
Sinhala figure of speech: ඔළුව ඉදිමිලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Head swollen
English equivalent: Stuck up
Meaning: staying aloof from others because one thinks one is superior
Sinhala figure of speech: අහම්බෙන් හමුවෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Meeting by accident
English equivalent: Stumble upon
Meaning: to discover something by chance, or to meet someone by chance
Sinhala figure of speech: කොළොම්බු කථිකයා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Colombo orator (likely "Kolam" or specific slang)
English equivalent: Stump orator
Meaning: A politician who will speak from any available soapbox about any issue that comes up
Sinhala figure of speech: එය එසේ හෙයින්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Because it is so
English equivalent: Such being the case
Meaning: if this is true
Sinhala figure of speech: මුළු සත්වළේම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: (Typo for Sakwale) In the whole universe
English equivalent: Under the sun
Meaning: in existence
Sinhala figure of speech: මුළු මහත් ලෝකයේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In the whole great world
English equivalent: Under the sun
Meaning: in existence
Sinhala figure of speech: තනි ගහ උයනක් වෙන්නේ නැතිලු
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][වාර්තා]
Literal translation: Said that a single tree doesn't become a garden
English equivalent: One swallow does not make a summer
Meaning: a single fortunate event doesn't mean that what follows will also be good
Sinhala figure of speech: සහමුලින් ඉවත් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Removing from the root
English equivalent: Make a clean sweep of
Meaning: a situation in which something is completely changed by getting rid of people or things
Sinhala figure of speech: අතුගා දමනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Sweeping away
English equivalent: Make a clean sweep of
Meaning: a situation in which something is completely changed by getting rid of people or things
Sinhala figure of speech: බෝ කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Breeding
English equivalent: Swell the ranks of
Meaning: to increase the number or significance of meanings associated with something
Sinhala figure of speech: රිළවුන්ට මොන මල් වඩම්ද?
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රශ්න]
Literal translation: What flower wreaths for monkeys?
English equivalent: Cast pearls before swine
Meaning: to offer something valuable or good to someone who does not know its value
Sinhala figure of speech: ඌරන්ට මොන අච්චාරුද?
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රශ්න]
Literal translation: What pickles for pigs?
English equivalent: Cast pearls before swine
Meaning: to offer something valuable or good to someone who does not know its value
Sinhala figure of speech: ඌරන් කහ කැවේ කවදාද?
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රශ්න]
Literal translation: When did pigs eat turmeric?
English equivalent: Cast pearls before swine
Meaning: to offer something valuable or good to someone who does not know its value
Sinhala figure of speech: ජයට කෙරෙන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing victoriously
English equivalent: In full swing
Meaning: at a stage when the level of activity is at its highest
Sinhala figure of speech: දමෝක්ලීස්ගේ කඩුව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Sword of Damocles
English equivalent: Sword of Damocles
Meaning: an impending disaster
Sinhala figure of speech: කෙස් ගහෙන් රැදී තිබෙනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Hanging by a hair
English equivalent: Sword of Damocles
Meaning: an impending disaster
Sinhala figure of speech: ජාඩියට මූඩිය වගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like the lid to the jar
English equivalent: To a "T"
Meaning: perfectly
Sinhala figure of speech: වෙනිය ගහගෙන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Tucking the braid/tail
English equivalent: With one's tail between one's legs
Meaning: embarrassed or ashamed
Sinhala figure of speech: නකුට අකුළා ගන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Curling up the tail
English equivalent: With one's tail between one's legs
Meaning: embarrassed or ashamed
Sinhala figure of speech: අවසාන කොටස
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Last part
English equivalent: Tail-piece
Meaning: a piece added at the end
Sinhala figure of speech: අන්තිම ටික
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Last bit
English equivalent: Tail-piece
Meaning: a piece added at the end
Sinhala figure of speech: රස විට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Tasty chew (betel)
English equivalent: Tail-piece
Meaning: a piece added at the end
Sinhala figure of speech: තරු පෙනෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Seeing stars
English equivalent: Take aback
Meaning: to surprise or shock
Sinhala figure of speech: මුලු ගැන්විලා ඉන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Staying cornered
English equivalent: Take a back seat
Meaning: take or be given a less important position or role
Sinhala figure of speech: ආරෙට යනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Going to the lineage
English equivalent: Take after
Meaning: resemble a parent or ancestor
Sinhala figure of speech: මේ ඇත්තයි කියන්නේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: This is saying truth
English equivalent: Take it from me
Meaning: I can assure you
Sinhala figure of speech: නොකිවුවයි කියන්න එපා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Don't say didn't say
English equivalent: Take it from me
Meaning: accept that what I say is true, because I know or have experienced it
Sinhala figure of speech: වාඩුව ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Taking revenge
English equivalent: Take it out of one
Meaning: to make someone very tired
Sinhala figure of speech:  කනස්සලු වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming worried
English equivalent: Take on
Meaning: be willing or ready to meet an adversary or opponent
Sinhala figure of speech: අටුවා වුවමනා නෑ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Commentaries not needed
English equivalent: Tell its own tale
Meaning: something reveals the truth about a particular situation
Sinhala figure of speech: ගතු කියනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Tale-telling
English equivalent: Tell tales out of school
Meaning: To reveal confidential or sensitive information
Sinhala figure of speech: නඩේ වැරදි කඩේ කියනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Telling the gang's faults at the shop
English equivalent: Tell tales out of school
Meaning: To reveal confidential or sensitive information
Sinhala figure of speech:  ඒකෙත් සුල මුලක් තිබේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: That too has a root and corner
English equivalent: Thereby hangs a tale
Meaning: That detail or incident reminds one of another story
Sinhala figure of speech: හරස්පද කථා කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Talking cross-words
English equivalent: Talk back
Meaning: reply defiantly or insolently
Sinhala figure of speech: පුරසාරම් දොඩනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Babbling boasts
English equivalent: Talk big
Meaning: talk boastfully or overconfidently
Sinhala figure of speech: කටෙන් භය ගන්නනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Frightening by mouth
English equivalent: Talk down
Meaning: discuss someone or something in a way that makes them seem less interesting or attractive
Sinhala figure of speech: අන්දර දෙමළ කථා කරනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Speaking Andara-Tamil
English equivalent: Talk Double-Dutch
Meaning: talking nonsense or that you cannot understand
Sinhala figure of speech: බහු භූත කථා කරනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Speaking much nonsense
English equivalent: Talk through one's hat
Meaning: to talk about something without understanding what you are talking about
Sinhala figure of speech: වල් පල්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Wild herbs/weeds
English equivalent: Idle talk
Meaning: casual, superficial conversation that lacks depth, purpose, or significance.
Sinhala figure of speech: කයිවාරු
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Boasts
English equivalent: Idle talk
Meaning: casual, superficial conversation that lacks depth, purpose, or significance.
Sinhala figure of speech: දුන්න දුනු ගමුවේ
ඊතල කිතල ගමුවේ
රාළ මී ගමුවේ
මුවෙක් හැඬුවයි සපරගමුවේ 
Type: [කියමන්]
Literal translation: Bow in Dunugamuwa... Deer cried in Sabaragamuwa
English equivalent: *Idle talk
Sinhala figure of speech: උඩගන්ට බැරි නියමයක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A rule unable to pick up
English equivalent: A tall order
Meaning: an unreasonable or difficult demand
Sinhala figure of speech: බේගල් කථාව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: "Begal" story
English equivalent: Tall story
Meaning: a story or fact that is difficult to believe
Sinhala figure of speech: පලිප්පු දමා කථා කිරීම
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Speaking adding Palippu (garnish)
English equivalent: Tall talk
Meaning: Hyperbolic, embellished, or untrue stories or statements
Sinhala figure of speech: පුරසාරම්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Boasts
English equivalent: Tall talk
Meaning: Hyperbolic, embellished, or untrue stories or statements
Sinhala figure of speech: එක වල්ලෙ පොල්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Coconuts of one bunch
English equivalent: Tarred with the same brush
Meaning: to think that someone has the same bad qualities as another person
Sinhala figure of speech:  කොටි වල්ගයක් අල්ලා ගන්නවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Catching a tiger's tail
English equivalent: Catch a Tartar
Meaning: to attack or oppose someone too strong for one
Sinhala figure of speech: ගහ දන්නා අයට කොළ කඩා පානවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Showing plucked leaves to those who know the tree
English equivalent: Teach one's grandmother to suck eggs
Meaning: to presume to teach someone something that he or she knows already
Sinhala figure of speech: කිඹුලු පැටවුන්ට පීනන්ට උගන් වනවා වගෙයි
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like teaching crocodile babies to swim
English equivalent: Teach one's grandmother to suck eggs
Meaning: to presume to teach someone something that he or she knows already
Sinhala figure of speech: තු තු කර දමනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Doing "Thu Thu"
English equivalent: Tear to tatters
Meaning: to be ripped into many pieces or to be thoroughly ruined and destroyed
Sinhala figure of speech: කඳුළෙන් නෑවී
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Bathed in tears
English equivalent: Bathed in tears
Meaning: someone or something thoroughly wetted or covered with tears, often due to intense sorrow, grief, or sometimes overwhelming joy
Sinhala figure of speech: ශෝකයේ ගිලී
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Drowned in sorrow
English equivalent: Drowned in tears
Meaning: to be so overcome with extreme sadness or grief that it feels as if you are submerged in your own tears
Sinhala figure of speech: කිඹුල් කඳුළු
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Crocodile tears
English equivalent: Crocodile tears
Meaning: a hypocritical display of sorrow
Sinhala figure of speech: ළොස් වයස් අවදියේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In the tender age
English equivalent: In one's teens
Meaning: between the ages of 13 and 19, inclusive
Sinhala figure of speech: පැඟිරි වයසේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Citrus age
English equivalent: In one's teens
Meaning: between the ages of 13 and 19, inclusive
Sinhala figure of speech: දෙයියන් සිහි කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Remembering Gods
English equivalent: Tell one's beads
Meaning: to pray with a rosary
Sinhala figure of speech:  මැරිච්ච මිනිසුන්ට ගොහින් කියනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Going and telling dead people
English equivalent: Tell that to the (horse) marines
Meaning: A scornful or incredulous response to a story or statement that one does not believe or finds ridiculous
Sinhala figure of speech: හොඳයි, කුකුළන්ට ගිගින් කියන්ට
Type: [උපදේශ][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Good to go tell chickens
English equivalent: Tell that to the (horse) marines
Meaning: A scornful or incredulous response to a story or statement that one does not believe or finds ridiculous
Sinhala figure of speech: ඕනෑ ඔට්ටුවක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Any bet
English equivalent: Ten to one
Meaning: it is very likely that it will or will not happen
Sinhala figure of speech: හොඳ හිතින්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: With good mind
English equivalent: On good terms
Meaning: to have a good, friendly, etc. relationship with someone
Sinhala figure of speech: දෙයියන්ට පින් සිද්ධ වෙන්ට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: May merit occur to Gods
English equivalent: Thank goodness
Meaning: something you say when you are happy because something bad did not happen
Sinhala figure of speech: වාසනාවකට මෙන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Like for a luck
English equivalent: Thank goodness
Meaning: something you say when you are happy because something bad did not happen
Sinhala figure of speech: හොඳකට වාගේ 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Like for a good
English equivalent: Thank goodness
Meaning: something you say when you are happy because something bad did not happen
Sinhala figure of speech:  පින් සිද්ධ වෙන්ට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: May merit occur
English equivalent: Thanks to
Meaning: an expression of gratitude
Sinhala figure of speech: දුකේදීත් සැපේදීත්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In sorrow and comfort
English equivalent: Through thick and thin
Meaning: to persevere through good times as well as bad
Sinhala figure of speech: හරියට ම හරි දේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The exactly right thing
English equivalent: Just the thing
Meaning: exactly what is needed
Sinhala figure of speech:  කියාපු දේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The said thing
English equivalent: Just the thing
Meaning: Exactly what is needed or wanted
Sinhala figure of speech: අනික් ඔක්කම තියෙද්දී
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: While all others exist
English equivalent: Of all things
Meaning: out of all conceivable possibilities
Sinhala figure of speech: ගණන් නොගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not counting
English equivalent: Think little of
Meaning: Have a poor opinion of
Sinhala figure of speech: ලොකුවට සිතනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Thinking bigly
English equivalent: Think much of
Meaning: to have a favorable opinion of someone or something
Sinhala figure of speech: පාරට්ටුවේ ඉමක් නැති වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: No limit to the boasting
English equivalent: Think no end of
Meaning: Think no end of
Sinhala figure of speech: ගාණකට නොගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not taking to a count
English equivalent: Think nothing of
Meaning: to consider that an activity is easy and not unusual
Sinhala figure of speech: මහපාර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Big road
English equivalent: Thoroughfare
Meaning: a main road for public use
Sinhala figure of speech: අමුම අමු
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Rawest raw
English equivalent: Thorough-paced
Meaning: highly skilled or trained
Sinhala figure of speech: කට්ට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Shell/Notch
English equivalent: Thorough-paced
Meaning: highly skilled or trained
Sinhala figure of speech: සිතන කලියෙන්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Before thinking
English equivalent: Quick as thought
Meaning: instantaneously, without any delay, happening with extreme speed and rapidity
Sinhala figure of speech: ඔන්න මෙන්න කියා තිබෙනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Saying "here and there"
English equivalent: To hang by a thread
Meaning: to be in a very dangerous situation or state
Sinhala figure of speech: කෙස් ගහෙන් එල්ලිලා තියෙනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Hanging by a hair strand
English equivalent: To hang by a thread
Meaning: to be in a very dangerous situation or state
Sinhala figure of speech: හන් ගැහිච්ච
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Brand-marked / Stamped
English equivalent: Thread-bare
Meaning: thin from overuse
Sinhala figure of speech: දොරකඩ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Door opening/threshold
English equivalent: On the threshold
Meaning: being at the very beginning of something new, exciting, or a significant new condition, or being very close to experiencing it
Sinhala figure of speech: මුලු ගන්වනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making cornered
English equivalent: Throw in the shade
Meaning: to publicly express contempt or disrespect for someone or something especially in an indirect or subtle way
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇමක් දෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Giving a bait
English equivalent: Throw out a feeler
Meaning: to discreetly inquire or test the waters to discover people's opinions, feelings, or intentions about something before making a firm decision or taking a committed action
Sinhala figure of speech:  වටින් පිටින් එනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Coming from round and outside
English equivalent: Throw out a feeler
Meaning: to discreetly inquire or test the waters to discover people's opinions, feelings, or intentions about something before making a firm decision or taking a committed action
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇබ්බැහිය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Habit
English equivalent: Rule-of-thumb
Meaning: a broad guideline, principle, or approximation based on practical experience rather than on precise calculation or strict theory
Sinhala figure of speech: තුෂ්ණිම්භූතවී.
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming silent/stunned
English equivalent: Thunder-struck
Meaning: very surprised
Sinhala figure of speech: හෙන අප්පුඩිය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Thunder clap
English equivalent: Thunders of applause
Meaning: A loud and enthusiastic clapping of the hands, typically in approval or admiration
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇසිල්ලක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A blink/moment
English equivalent: Half a tick
Meaning: a fraction of a second for a brief, unspecified time
Sinhala figure of speech: කියාපු වැඩේ 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The said work
English equivalent: That's the ticket
Meaning: that's exactly right
Sinhala figure of speech: අන්න හරි
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: There correct
English equivalent: That's the ticket
Meaning: that's exactly right
Sinhala figure of speech: පණ නැහෙන කල් හිනස්සනවා  
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Making laugh until life dies
English equivalent: Tickle to death
Meaning: to be extremely pleased, amused, or delighted
Sinhala figure of speech: යන්තම් එගොඩ වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Barely crossing the bank
English equivalent: Tide over
Meaning: help someone through a difficult period
Sinhala figure of speech: යන්නන් වාලේ යනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Going because goers go
English equivalent: Go with the tide
Meaning: to follow what everyone else is doing
Sinhala figure of speech:  අද වැනි දවසේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: On a day like today
English equivalent: At this time of day
Meaning: specific day that is currently being experienced
Sinhala figure of speech: කල් යත් යත්ම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: As time goes goes
English equivalent: In course of time
Meaning: after a period of time
Sinhala figure of speech: කලට වේලාවට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: To the time to the time
English equivalent: In good time
Meaning: early
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇසිල්ලකින්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In a blink
English equivalent: In no time
Meaning: very quickly
Sinhala figure of speech: එහෙ බලල මෙහෙ බලන්ට ඉස්සර වෙලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Before looking there and looking here
English equivalent: In no time
Meaning: very quickly
Sinhala figure of speech: එකෝමත් එක් කලක
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Once upon a time
English equivalent: Once upon a time
Meaning: a long time ago
Sinhala figure of speech: කාලය මුදුනෙන් අල්ලා ගන්නවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Catching time by the top
English equivalent: Take time by the fore-lock
Meaning: act quickly and decisively
Sinhala figure of speech: රැ බෝ වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Night becomes abundant
English equivalent: Time is drawing on
Meaning: a period of time is passing and nearing its end
Sinhala figure of speech: අද වැනි දවස
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A day like today
English equivalent: Time of day
Meaning: the present time
Sinhala figure of speech: අසංඛෙය වාරයක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Innumerable times
English equivalent: Times out of mind
Meaning: a time in the past that was so long ago that people have no knowledge or memory of it
Sinhala figure of speech: ගණනාතික්‍රාන්ත වාරයක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Times exceeding count
English equivalent: Times out of mind
Meaning: a time in the past that was so long ago that people have no knowledge or memory of it
Sinhala figure of speech: අනාදිමත් කාලේ සිට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: From beginning-less time
English equivalent: From time immemorial
Meaning: for a very long time
Sinhala figure of speech: කාලයත් සමග සටන් කරනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Fighting with time
English equivalent: Work against time
Meaning: with utmost speed, so as to finish by a specified time
Sinhala figure of speech: දිව මුල
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Tongue root
English equivalent: On the tip of one's tongue
Meaning: almost but not quite brought to mind or spoken
Sinhala figure of speech: නිසොල්මනේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Motionlessly
English equivalent: On tiptoe
Meaning: stealthily or silently
Sinhala figure of speech: හුස්ම නොහෙළා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Without dropping a breath
English equivalent: On tiptoe
Meaning: stealthily or silently